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滴水

dī shuǐ

2-character word

What 滴水 means

1. water drop
2. dripping water

The characters in 滴水

• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 滴水穿石。
  Constant dripping wears away a stone.
• 水龙头在滴水。
  Shuǐlóngtóu zài dīshuǐ.
  The tap is running.
• 没有剩下一滴水。
  There is not a drop of water left.
• 一滴滴水能聚成湖泊。
  Yī Dīdī shuǐnéng jù chéng húpō.
  Drop by drop, the water can conglomerate into a lake.
• 滴水穿石，不是靠力量，而是靠时间。
  A water drop hollows a stone not by force but by falling often.

Words starting with 滴水

• 滴水不漏dī shuǐ bù lòulit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)
• 滴水嘴兽dī shuǐ zuǐ shòugargoyle (architecture)
• 滴水石穿dī shuǐ shí chuāndripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success…
• 滴水穿石dī shuǐ chuān shídripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success…
• 滴水不羼dī shuǐ bù chànnot diluted by one drop; hundred percent